WGU C963 EXAM 2025 | 100% CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Natural Rights - CORRECT ANSWER-The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given
by God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - CORRECT ANSWER-The requirement that government, when dealing with
people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - CORRECT ANSWER-An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - CORRECT ANSWER-Coherent philosophies about the structure, power,
and purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - CORRECT ANSWER-A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - CORRECT ANSWER-An election in which the winner is determined by the
number of individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would
be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper
house would be chosen by the lower house.
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, New Jersey Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER-Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral
legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal
representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER-A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - CORRECT ANSWER-The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER-A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to
work together..
Separation of Powers - CORRECT ANSWER-The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of government which power is divided between
state governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER-The powers given explicitly to the federal
government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise
and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Natural Rights - CORRECT ANSWER-The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given
by God; no government may take them away.
State of Nature - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory on how people might have lived before societies
came into existence.
Due Process - CORRECT ANSWER-The requirement that government, when dealing with
people, have in place a fair procedure which it equally applies to all.
Social Contract - CORRECT ANSWER-An agreement between people and government in which
citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.
Political Ideologies - CORRECT ANSWER-Coherent philosophies about the structure, power,
and purpose of government.
Bicameral Legislature - CORRECT ANSWER-A lawmaking body that consists of two separate
chambers.
Popular Vote - CORRECT ANSWER-An election in which the winner is determined by the
number of individual votes obtained.
Virginia Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would
be elected to the lower house based on each state's population; representatives for the upper
house would be chosen by the lower house.
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, New Jersey Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan that called for a one-house national legislature;
each state would receive one vote.
Great Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER-Also known as the Connecticut Compromise. A
compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a bicameral
legislature; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal
representation of states in the Senate.
Three-Fifths Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER-A compromise between northern and southern
states that called for counting of all a state's free population and 60 percent of its slave
population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.
Veto - CORRECT ANSWER-The power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress.
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER-A system that allows one branch of government to
limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to
work together..
Separation of Powers - CORRECT ANSWER-The sharing of powers among three separate
branches of government.
Federal System - CORRECT ANSWER-A form of government which power is divided between
state governments and a national government.
Enumerated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER-The powers given explicitly to the federal
government by the Constitution; power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise
and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs.
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